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Federal judge again threatens contempt-of-court fines for Texas’ slow progress on foster care reforms

The judge warned the state could be held in contempt of court for not following through with three mandates: youths not knowing their rights, not adequately responding to abuse allegations and still having too many children without placement.

The Texas Tribune

Texas Death Row Prisoners Sue Over Automatic Solitary Confinement

The state's "arbitrary requirement to house all male death row prisoners in permanent solitary confinement does not promote safety and security, is inconsistent with correctional best practices, and serves no penological purpose," the lawsuit claims.

Reason

Texans pessimistic about the national economy and losing faith in democracy, poll says

More than 60% of Texans polled by Texas Lyceum said the country is on the wrong course, and the poll found steep drops in the number of people who think democracy is the best form of government.

The Texas Tribune

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Local election officials in Florida call for scrapping new ID rules for mail voting

County election supervisors say the new restrictions will create significant election reporting delays and a slew of costs for local election offices, and could disenfranchise large numbers of voters.

WEKU

Don’t Miss These Must-Watch Matchups in the SEC/Big 12 Challenge

From Kansas vs. Kentucky to Tennessee vs. Texas, this mid-January series features meaningful nonconference games and nine of the 25 ranked teams, including three of the top five.

Sports Illustrated

Conjoined twins separated in ‘historic’ 11-hour surgery at Texas hospital

The twins were “were joined from the lower part of the breastbone to their bellybutton and shared a liver”

The Independent UK

School librarians vilified as the 'arm of Satan' in book-banning wars

In her time as a Texas school librarian, Carolyn Foote watched the image of her profession veer from "shrinking violets behind spectacles" cataloging titles to "pedophiles and groomers" out to pollute the minds of the nation's youth.

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US operator accused of ‘gross negligence’ wins $420m contract to manage Australia’s asylum processing on Nauru

Scandal-plagued US firm MTC will be responsible for ‘garrison and welfare’ of around 70 asylum seekers on Pacific island

The Guardian - AU

Wanna bet? Texas Legislature to reconsider legalizing casinos and sports betting

Given the stiff headwinds to getting any expansion in gambling passed, sports betting and casino advocates may be competing against each other, rather than working in tandem.

The Texas Tribune

11 hours and 25 people: Conjoined twins separated at Cook Children’s in Fort Worth

FORT WORTH, Texas — Dr. José Iglesias gave himself only a few seconds to admire his work.

Tribune News Service

Texas death row inmates sue state over ‘brutal’ solitary confinement conditions

Class action lawsuit alleges prison authorities inflict ‘cruel and unusual punishment’ in breach of constitutional rights

The Guardian - US

Conjoined twins attached at the stomach separated after 11-hour procedure in Texas

AmieLynn Rose and JamieLynn Rae Finley are omphalopagus twins, meaning they are joined at the stomach and share one or more organs which in this case was the liver before being separated

Daily Mirror

Mac Engel: Texas Rangers’ best hope isn’t Jacob deGrom. It’s these two.

ARLINGTON, Texas — Robert Oppenheimer had an easier time developing a bomb than a slew of well-meaning pros who have worked for the Texas Rangers for decades have had developing pitching.

Tribune News Service

Texas death row inmates sue over solitary confinement

A group of Texas death row inmates have filed a federal lawsuit against the state’s prison system over its policy of mandatory and indefinite solitary confinement for all prisoners who are awaiting execution

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Dan Quinn to return as Cowboys’ defensive coordinator for 2023 season

FRISCO, Texas — Dallas Cowboys defensive coordinator Dan Quinn has pulled his name out for any head coaching vacancies and will remain in his current position.

Tribune News Service

Boeing-DOJ ‘sweetheart deal’ decried by victim’s wife

Naoise Connolly Ryan told a Texas judge she’s refused any of the $500 million Boeing Co. was required to set aside to compensate families of 737 Max crash victims under a deferred prosecution agreement with the U.S. government.

The Texas Tribune

Texas death row prisoners spend decades in solitary confinement. A lawsuit wants to end that “cruel” treatment.

Men sentenced to death in Texas are held in isolation until their execution dates, with little human contact, medical care or legal help, according to a lawsuit filed to improve treatment of the condemned.

The Independent UK

Conjoined twins separated in ‘historic’ 11-hour surgery at Texas hospital

The twins were “were joined from the lower part of the breastbone to their bellybutton and shared a liver”

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The Independent UK

US sweetens pot to study siting for spent nuke fuel storage

The U.S. government is offering more money to find a solution for storing or disposing of spent nuclear fuel from the nation's commercial nuclear power plants

Tribune News Service

Death of public safety officer at Texas-Mexico border was preventable, experts say

EAGLE PASS, Texas — The patrol arrived around sunset and entered a stretch of rolling hills dense with cactus, sage and towering carrizo cane. The way into the property was an unlit, narrow dirt road pockmarked with potholes, near a hydroelectric power plant.

The Independent UK

A French serial imposter convinced everyone he was a missing Texas teen. This PI convinced him to confess

Three years after Nicholas Barclay, 13, vanished from San Antonio, law enforcement and his family believed they’d found the teen in Spain and returned him to his normal Texas life. Then a PI with a penchant for suspenders took “Nicholas” out for hotcakes - and got the French fraudster to…

The Texas Tribune

Gov. Greg Abbott says he won’t give up COVID-era power until Texas lawmakers ban vaccine mandates, strengthen border

Abbott doubles down on his long-standing call to lawmakers to prohibit local governments from enacting mask and vaccine mandates.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Xavier Filsaime gets Michigan State football offer

Michigan State has sent an offer to 4-star, 2024 Texas athlete Xavier Filsaime

Tribune News Service

Democrats decry Republican bill banning foreign land investment in Texas as racist

AUSTIN — Democratic state Rep. Gene Wu stood inside the Texas Capitol holding a photo of the childhood home in which he grew up in Houston after emigrating from China.

Al Jazeera

‘Appalled’: Dozens of Democrats slam Biden’s border policies

New US restrictions on asylum ‘will not solve’ challenge at country’s border with Mexico, Democratic legislators say.

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